Despite its size – bigger than western Europe – and proximity to the
European community, Algeria remains a little-known country, seldom getting
coverage in western media. The majesty of its breathtaking Sahara
landscapes is known to few. But despite the decade-long extremist-based
security situation, author Sheppard, who has been visiting Algeria since
1961, has made six long-range, solo expeditions to remote uninhabited
areas in the last eight years.
No mere picture-book, the
volume is a personal
portfolio and record backing
the author’s passionate
plea for a Protected Area
that he calls, not a ‘National
Park’ with its prissy
overtones of fenced-in
plots, but an espace des
paysages – Space of
Landscapes.